Woman Charged With Fatally Beating 5-Year-Old Stepdaughter

The girl died of blunt force trauma after her stepmother beat her

Published May 9, 2015•Updated on May 9, 2015 at 6:34 pm

Chicago Police

A woman has been charged with beating her 5-year-old stepdaughter to death Thursday at their South Chicago neighborhood apartment.

Lisamarie Villasana, 27, was ordered held without bond on Saturday for the alleged attack that left Verna Tobicoe dead of blunt force trauma, according to Chicago Police, the Cook County medical examiner’s office and court records.

Emergency crews were called at about 12:15 p.m. to their home in the 8300 block of South Brandon. When they arrived, they found the girl unresponsive, and she was taken to South Shore Hospital where she later died, authorities said.